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Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
Patient Group Directions - PGDs provide a legal framework that allows some registered health professionals to supply and/or administer a specified medicine(s) to a pre-defined group of patients, without them having to see a prescriber.
Bakewell integrated health hub construction update - December 2022
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/bakewell-integrated-health-hub-construction-update-december-2022
Health Psychology for Professionals
The information here is for professionals in Derbyshire seeking more information on the Health Psychology service.
Flu – make your informed CHOICE
All the information about this year's flu vaccination programme, Covid booster jabs and winter wellbeing found here!
Message from Michelle Bateman - Registered Nursing Associates
An update from Michelle about how DCHS has supported the Nursing Associate role since 2019.
Community nursing practitioners network
New national network for community nursing practitioners. The network has been set up for sharing of information and connecting community practitioners.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/community-nursing-practitioners-network
Files
HRP20 Supporting and Maintaining Attendance Policy
DCHS SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING ATTENDANCE POLICY, includes managing sickness, sick leave and other special leave v1 May 2022
0382 - Hypoglycaemia - Treatment Algorithm - ONLY for use in outpatients
Hypoglycaemia - Treatment Algorithm - ONLY for use in outpatients
TPP144-0015 - Flowchart for Assessment of Pain in Patients
TPP144-0015 FLOW CHART FOR ASSESSMENT OF PAIN IN PATIENTS
1206 - Control Drugs Authorised Signatory Record Sheet - Authorised Staff Members
1206 Control Drugs Authorised Signatory Record Sheet - Authorised Staff Members
L274 - Best Interest Document 3/3: What decision has been made?
L274 - Best Interest Document 3/3: What decision has been made? This booklet covers: • Some things about the Mental Capacity Act (2005) • What a best interest decision means • What decision needed to be made about you • What was thought about to make the decision • What was decided
0165 - IPC Terminal Cleaning Schedule for Outpatient areas during COVID-19 (P69)
0165 - IPC Terminal Cleaning Schedule for Outpatient areas during COVID-19
Appendix 3 - Guide to levels of risk of negative health consequences from dysphagia (G14)
Appendix 3 - Guide to Levels of Risk of Negative Health Consequences from Dysphagia
1060 - Anticipatory Medication (s.c.) Administration Chart and Stock Balance Sheet
1060 - Anticipatory Medication (s.c.) Administration Chart and Stock Balance Sheet
L29 - UTC Advice leaflet - Why an X-Ray may not be indicated
L29 - UTC Advice leaflet - Why an X-Ray may not be indicated
Recognition of Patient Deterioration (Adults) Policy (P83)
The aim of this policy is to set the minimum standard and frequency for monitoring and recording adult patients’ vital signs in their own home, Minor Injuries Units, outpatient podiatric surgery and community hospital wards. The mismanagement of deterioration is a common area of systemic failure in avoidable patient death across the NHS (NHS Improvement, 2016, Hogan et al, 2012) and poor communication is a leading cause of adverse events in healthcare. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) offers a common language to describe and communicate a patient’s acute illness severity by all healthcare professionals in all settings and is central to establishing a national pathway for improving the management of deterioration and sepsis (Inada-Kim and Nsutebu, 2018). This policy aims to increase survival among acutely unwell and deteriorating patients